Re: kernel support for non-english user messages

Bernd Petrovitsch (bernd@gams.at)
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:08:17 +0200

Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote:
>>> How about changing the way printk works, so that instead of
>>> combining the format string, it just "prints" its args:
>>>
>>> printk("%s: name %p is %d\n", name, ptr, val);
>>>
>>> results in the following in the kernel buffer:
>>>
>>> "%s: name %p is %d\n", "stringval", 0x4790243, 44
[...]
> The real problem I see is that this approach doesn't make it any
>easier to translate the messages.

If you habe the above, you could use/copy/reuse gettext() since the
format string is used a key/hash/unique id for the translation.

Bernd

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